Salesianum School Hosts Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking

Wednesday, April 2, 7 PM, Centenary Hall
Event is Free and Open to the Public

Salesianum School will host a town hall meeting on underage drinking, Wednesday, April 2 at 7 PM, in Centenary Hall. The meeting is free and open to the public, light refreshments will be served. The keynote speaker will be Fr. Mark Hushen, OSFS, president of Fr. Martin’s Ashley, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Maryland. John Downs, a deputy attorney general fro the state of Delaware, and Dr. Myria Mack-Williams, a pediatrician at Christiana Care and Children’s Hospital, will join Fr. Hushen as panelists. For more information please contact Jo-Ann West, RN, Salesianum school nurse at 302.356.2637, or jawest@salesianum.org.

This program is a result of the surgeon general’s “Call to Action to Prevent Underage Drinking” especially in light of recent studies that show the potential of alcohol consumption to trigger biological changes on the developing adolescent brain, but also long term consequences such as alcohol poisoning, physical and sexual assaults, injuries and suicide. What is equally as frightening is that the highest prevalence of alcohol dependence in any age group is among 18 to 20 year olds according to the Surgeon General’s report.

Salesianum School is a Roman Catholic independent secondary school that teaches young men to Live Jesus, guided by the spirituality of Saint Francis de Sales, through a college preparatory education, enabling them to take their place in the world as Salesian gentlemen.